Clothes-washer



(Model.)

G. W. CROSBY.

OLOTHES WASHER.

No. 331,037. Patented Nov. 24, 1885.

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GEORGE W. CROSBY, OF GOOD HOPE, ARKANSAS.

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EPECIE'ICAI'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,037, datedNovember 24:, 1885. Application filcd May QB, 1884. Serial No. 133,041.(Model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE W. CROSBY, of Good Hope, in the county ofFaulkner and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and ImprovedOlothes-WVasher, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention consists of an improved contrivance of roller-beds in thetub, and aroller for working the clothes placed on said beds, for asimple and efficient machine to wash and wring the clothes, ashereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding partsin all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevalion of my improved washingand wringing machine. Fig. 2 is a plan View, and Fig. 3 is a detail viewshowing a portion of the rack.

I arrange a couple of roller-beds, a, in the tub I), extending from themiddle of the tub nearly to the ends of the same, but not quite thereto,and being inclined upward from the center each way, suitably for theaction of a roller, 0, to be worked by arms d, swinging from the pivots6, said beds having openingsf through their supports at each end, toallow the water to flow freely under them. The roller 0 has its journalsf arranged in the slotted ends of the arms d, employed for working it,and these arms are connected to a rock-shaft, g, the journals of whichare confined in the slotted upper ends of the posts -h, extending upfrom the sides of the tub. The rock-shaft g has a lever-arm, 'i, forworking it, and said arm is stayed with a brace, j, to the cross-bar 7c.The slots in the arms at and the posts h for the roller and rock-shaftbearings allow the roller to rise and fall, according as the quantity ofclothes is more or less on the rollerbeds. At one end of the tub Iarrange an extension, Z, of the same, to form a bench, 777., havingstops 0, on which to lodge the roller when it is to be removed from theclothes to adjust or remove them. The roller-beds are removably fittedin the tub, to facilitate the cleaning of it.

It will be seen that the spaces between the ends of the roller-beds andthe ends of the tub and the passages f through the end supports of theroller-beds allow the water forced up the beds toward the ends of thetub to flow down and back under the beds, and so on in a mannercalculated to be very efficient in the washing of the clothes, and theaction of the roller on the clothes is simply by pressure, which is notinjurious to them.

In this example I have arranged more space at a between the roller-bedof that end than at the other end, where less space is required onaccount of the extension of the tub, on which the surplus water will beretained to some extent while the rest is flowing down between theend-of the bed and the end of the tub. The extent of this space may ofcourse be the same as the other, if desired.

For wringing the clothes, the water is first to be drawn out of the tub.Then the roller, passing over the clothes on the bed, will effectuallysqueeze out the water without damage to the clothes.

The wringing of the clothes will. be facilitated by placing a rack,p,ofopen-work, formed of longitudinal bars 1" and transverse bars g, onthe roller-beds a, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, through which thewater can escape. The clothes are removed from the tub when washed. therack then placed in the tub upon the beds a, the clothes placed upon therack, and the roller worked over them, as in washing. thus pressing outthe water.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination, in a wash-tub, of inclinedroller-beds a, ascending each way from the middle of the tub, and aroller, -c, having working-arms d, and a lever, i, pivoted in the postsh, said beds being constructed with passages f, for the water, throughthe end supports, and with passage a between the upper ends and the endsof the tub, to facilitate the return of the water under said beds,substantially as described.

GEORGE W. CROSBY;

W'itnesses:

JOHN DUNAWAY, J". B. BLAKENEY.

